Then in June, you might find road trip reads, LGBTQ+ titles for Pride Month, and grilling cookbooks instead. So, you might see curated collections of titles by black authors for Black History Month, romance reads for Valentine’s Day, and presentational biographies for President’s Day in February. The available now filter shows a list of titles that currently don’t have a waiting list, and the subject filter allows you to view a list of titles that fit within a certain subject or genre, like mystery or historical fiction.Ĭurated collections – You know how your library will display beach reads on an end cap in the summer and switch those out for cozy mysteries in the winter? The curated collections in the library’s digital catalog in Libby change throughout the year just like those end caps. There are three ways to browse your library’s catalog – filters, curated collections, and guides.įilters – The just added, popular, and random filters show your library’s entire catalog in a list organized by the specific criteria. I like to use the word browse when explaining the Library tab because it’s similar to walking around and browsing all the books on the shelves at the physical library to see if something catches your interest. The is what you tap or click when you want to browse your library’s digital catalog. You can think of searching the same way you might think of using the library’s card catalog to find a book you wanted to borrow as a kid, except you just need to type in your keyword, and Libby will do all the work to find the book for you. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), or a series (e.g. The is what you tap or click when you what to find something specific. Let’s break down each of those icons so that you can get started finding and borrowing books from your library today! Trying out a new app can be overwhelming for some, but part of my job on the Digital Bookmobile is to make learning how to use the Libby app simple and easy. The first step in using the Libby app is understanding the difference between all the icons in the navigation bar.
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